Internship Science

The Opportunity

Our Interns provides a meaningful, professional, hands-on experience to students with proven academic performance and leadership potential. We hire students majoring in Science into our programs based on business needs. Ideal candidates will combine technical and business knowledge with analytical strength and creative problem-solving abilities.

Abbott’s global business offers opportunities to work across a range of fields, which may include the following areas, along with additional activities depending on business needs :

Science :

Design of experiments, root cause analysis

Literature searches & data analytics to support the technical product support team

Analytical Lab Testing and Project work

Operations Performance

Customer Support

Product Support

Design Plan Change Management

Control Upgrades

Meter Installation

Quality :

Plant Quality Assurance

Division Quality Assurance

Division Regulatory Affairs

Corporate Quality Assurance and Division Quality Assurance

What are we looking for?

Eligible applicants should be :

Available for a 6, 9 or 12month placement to start between January to June 2026 (aligned with academic work placements dates)

Internship placements may be during or at the end of your undergraduate or post graduate course.

Pursuing a relevant third level undergraduate or post graduate qualification in a

Candidates must be tracking to or have a minimum of 2.1 Grade in their undergraduate course.

Excellent communicators, team players and Innovators.

Passionate about STEM and interested in pursuing a career in a STEM environment.

A flexible and innovative approach to work.

Flexibility to be based at one of our Abbott sites listed above

Locations :

Cavan, Galway, Longford, Sligo, Tipperary

Career growth and future opportunities are pillars of our program. Students who continuously excel in our early career programs are encouraged to apply for Abbott’s Professional Development Programs or other full-time positions.

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